The St. Louis Crisis in the Canadian Press: New Data on the June 1939 Incident

Starting in late May 1939, a humanitarian crisis developed when some 900 German Jews were denied the use of prearranged Cuban temporary immigration permits in the port of Havana after having arrived on board of the MS St. Louis, a luxury German liner. The event soon attracted much media attention b...

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Main Author: Pierre Anctil and Alexandre Comeau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies/York University Libraries 2021-05-01
Series:Canadian Jewish Studies
Online Access:https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/view/40206